A. For the B-1 neighborhood shopping district, B-2 community shopping district, B-3 highway and service business district, OSB office and service business district, M-1 manufacturing district, attached single-family residential dwellings, multi-family residential dwellings, state licensed group homes in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 districts, and nonresidential uses in residential districts, the following standards shall apply:
1. Plant Materials:
a. Shade Trees: All shade trees shall have a minimum trunk size of three inches (3") in diameter, as measured six inches (6") above the established ground.
b. Ornamental Trees: All ornamental trees shall be fully branched and have a minimum trunk size of two inches (2") measured six inches (6") above the established ground.
c. Shrubs: Deciduous shrubs shall have a minimum height of eighteen inches (18") for low shrubs and a minimum height of twenty four inches (24") for tall shrubs. Evergreen shrubs shall have a minimum spread of twenty four inches (24"). All shrubs shall have a minimum ball diameter in accordance with the most recent edition of the American standards for nursery stock as sponsored and approved by the American Association Of Nurserymen and the American National Standards Institute, Inc.
d. Planting Beds: Planting beds shall be mulched with bark chips or shredded bark mulch to a minimum depth of two inches (2") for flower and ground cover beds and three inches (3") for tree and shrub beds. Ground cover plantings may be used as determined appropriate by the zoning officer.
e. Detention/Retention Basins And Ponds: Detention/retention basins and ponds shall be landscaped. Such landscaping shall include shade and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubbery, hedges and/or other live planting materials.
f. Watering Plant Material: Installation of an automatic underground sprinkling system is required.
2. Minimum Landscaped Areas: A minimum of twenty percent (20%) of the total site area shall be landscaped, which shall include all vegetation, plazas, fountains, bikeways, ornamental features, ponds and stormwater retention and detention areas, but not private sidewalks providing access to buildings, driveways, aisles, landbanked parking spaces or parking spaces.
3. Minimum Landscape Requirements:
a. Landscape materials may include trees, shrubs, perennials, ornamental grasses and ground cover. The selection of type and number of plants and other features is to be determined by the petitioners' landscape architect or designer, provided that by adding the points of selected materials, the total equals the number of points required below:
(1) For landscape yards between nonresidential uses or between multiple-family uses, landscaping shall be provided based on the following formula:
4.5 x the foot length of each yard as measured at the perimeter of the yard = number of points required for landscape materials.
(2) For landscape yards between nonresidential uses and residential uses or between a multiple-family use and a single- family use, landscaping shall be provided based on the following formula:
6 x the foot length of each yard as measured at the perimeter of the yard = number of points required for landscape material.
(3) Plants and features are assigned the following point system, which shall be used to calculate the number of different plant materials and features required, in order to meet the total point requirements set forth herein:
Shade trees | 100 points |
Evergreen trees | 60 points |
Ornamental trees | 50 points |
Tall shrubs | 15 points |
Low shrubs | 10 points |
Perennials, ornamental grasses | 0 points |
(4) Solid screening fences or walls of at least six feet (6') in height, where allowed, may contribute up to fifty percent (50%) of the total landscape points for that portion of a landscape yard where installed.
(5) Continuous or staggered berms which perform screening may contribute up to fifty percent (50%) of the total landscape points for that portion of a landscape yard where installed. Berm heights of at least two and one-half feet (2.5') will obtain credit based on the following:
Berm height x 10 = % of points credited.
4. Foundation Landscaping:
a. Setback: A landscaped area extending a minimum of ten feet (10') in width shall be located around the front and side of all buildings.
b. Coverage: Required landscaped areas abutting building foundations shall remain open and free of all paving except for sidewalks to building doors, plazas, loading docks and stalls, and driveways to building doors and openings.
c. Planting Materials: Landscaping shall be comprised of a combination of shade trees, ornamental trees, evergreens, and shrubs. Particular attention shall be paid toward screening mechanical equipment, air conditioning units, or any other visible outside equipment, service areas, including dumpster pads, loading docks, bicycle parking areas, providing transitions between the building and ground plane, visual breaks along monotonous building facades, and enhance walkways, entrance, seating areas, bus stops or any other pedestrian areas; separate and buffer pedestrian and public areas from cruise lanes, drives and parking areas, and provide direction to focal areas and main entrances.
d. Ground Cover: Except where occupied by planting beds or mulched beds, all foundation landscaping areas shall be sodded.
5. Landscape Yard:
a. Provide a minimum ten feet (10') for interior side and rear yard when a nonresidential use is adjacent to a nonresidential use or a multiple-family use is adjacent to a multiple-family use.
b. Provide a minimum twenty feet (20') for interior side and rear yards when a nonresidential use is adjacent to a residential use or a multiple-family use is adjacent to a single-family use.
c. Unless otherwise permitted pursuant to this title, landscape yards shall be free of sidewalks (other than those perpendicular to the adjoining public bike path or sidewalk), pavement and all other structures.
6. Screening Of Cargo Container Facilities:
a. Adjacent To Industrial Districts: Notwithstanding any provision contained in this title to the contrary, interior side and rear landscape yards adjacent to industrial districts shall be provided in accordance with subsection A5a of this section and shall contain each of the following screening components:
(1) Landscaping shall be provided in accordance with subsection A3a(1) of this section.
(2) A continuous berm, a commercial grade sightproof board fence or a commercial grade masonry wall shall be provided along the length of the interior side or rear lot line. Said berm, fence or wall shall be a minimum of six feet (6') in height. The finished side of the fence or wall shall be oriented toward the abutting property. If a fence or wall is used as a screen, a five foot (5') wide planting bed with landscaping material at least three feet (3') high shall be located adjacent to the finished side of the fence or wall. (Ord. 2009-31, 7-16-2009)
In lieu of the fence or wall, a screen planting area of a minimum twenty feet (20') in width, containing a minimum of two (2) rows of evergreen trees, may be installed. The evergreen trees shall be at least eight feet (8') tall when planted. The rows shall be staggered, with a maximum of eight feet (8') between rows, and shall be centered within the screen planting area. The evergreen trees shall be spaced a maximum of ten feet (10') apart on center. However, the director of community development may require the trees to be spaced closer to ensure that narrower growing varieties will provide an effective screen. Should the buffer area contain a continuous berm at least three feet (3') in height, with a side slope not exceeding a ratio of three to one (3:1), the minimum height of the required evergreen trees shall be six feet (6') when planted. The final design of the screen planting area and the landscaping within it shall be subject to the approval of the director of community development. (Ord. 2009-31, 7-16-2009; amd. Ord. 2010-29, 5-20-2010)
b. Adjacent To Nonindustrial Districts And Public Rights Of Way: Notwithstanding any provision contained in this title to the contrary, a landscape yard with a minimum width of one hundred feet (100') shall be provided adjacent to nonindustrial districts and public rights of way and shall contain each of the following screening components:
(1) Berm: A berm with a minimum height of fifteen feet (15'). The berm shall be continuous throughout the landscape setback except it may be interrupted to the extent necessary to allow for vehicular access.
(2) Fence Or Wall: A commercial grade sightproof board fence or commercial grade masonry wall with a minimum height of six feet (6'). The fence or wall shall be continuous throughout the landscape setback except it may be interrupted to the extent necessary to allow for vehicular access, and it shall be placed on the highest part of the berm to maximize its screening effect.
(3) Landscaping: A minimum of three (3) shade trees, seven (7) evergreen trees, four (4) ornamental trees, and thirty (30) tall shrubs shall be planted for every one hundred (100) linear feet of landscape setback. Tall shrubs provided in accordance with this provision shall have a minimum installed height of three feet (3'). The landscaping shall be placed on the berm between the fence or wall and the public right of way or nonresidential district.
B. For the RBC regional business center district, the following regulations shall apply:
1. Plant Materials And Design Guidelines:
a. Trees: Required trees shall have a minimum trunk size of two and one-half inches (2.5") in diameter as measured six inches (6") above the established grade.
b. Shrubs: Deciduous shrubs shall have a minimum height of eighteen inches (18") for low shrubs and a minimum height of twenty four inches (24") for tall shrubs. Evergreen shrubs shall have a minimum spread of twenty four inches (24"). All shrubs shall have a minimum ball diameter in accordance with the most recent edition of the American standards for nursery stock as sponsored and approved by the American Association Of Nurserymen and the American National Standards Institute, Inc.
c. Planting Beds: Planting beds shall be mulched with bark chips or similar materials.
d. Detention/Retention Basins And Ponds: Detention/retention basins and ponds shall have maintainable edges such as riprap and reinforced sod.
e. Watering Plant Material: Installation of an underground sprinkling system is required for all front and exterior side yards, sodded areas, planting beds and foundation planting areas.
f. Sodding: All areas located within any front yard or exterior side yard shall be sodded.
2. Minimum Landscaped Area: The minimum percentage of total landscaped area within SDAs (including all vegetation, plazas, fountains, public pedways, ornaments, ponds and stormwater retention and detention areas, but not private sidewalks, driveways, aisles, landbanked parking spaces or parking spaces) shall be as follows (provided, that when an SDA contains 2 or more principal buildings, the highest minimum landscaped percentage for any 1 building shall be the minimum landscaped percentage for all buildings within that SDA):
a. For office, hotel and motel buildings: Fifteen percent (15%);
b. For freestanding, retail and restaurant buildings: Twenty percent (20%);
c. For all other buildings: Ten percent (10%);
Except in SDAs primarily occupied by retail and restaurant uses, up to fifty percent (50%) of the required landscaped area may be located on a parcel of land not within the SDA; provided, that proposed covenants or easements of record reserving such parcels are submitted with landscape plans. All stormwater storage areas within an SDA shall be landscaped.
3. Minimum Landscaped Material: At least one tree and four (4) shrubs shall be provided within an SDA for each seven hundred fifty (750) square feet of required landscaped area regardless of whether parcels outside the SDA are used to satisfy the minimum landscaped area requirements.
4. Foundation Landscaping: A landscaped area extending a minimum of ten feet (10') in width shall be located around the perimeters of all buildings, except freestanding multi-tenant retail buildings. Such landscaped areas shall be free of sidewalks and pavement, except for sidewalks to building doors, plazas, loading docks and spaces and driveways to building doors and openings.
5. Perimeter Landscaping: Landscaping an average of three feet (3') in height above adjacent street grades (except where the adjacent parking lot or loading area surfaces are 3 feet or more below street grade) shall be provided across seventy five percent (75%) of parking lot setback areas (except driveways therein) and areas between exterior loading docks and SDA lines (except when adjacent to railroad rights of way). Landscaping a minimum of three feet (3') in height shall be provided across seventy five percent (75%) of building and parking lot setback areas adjacent to residential districts. Such landscaping shall consist of berms, if feasible, shade and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubbery, hedges and/or other live planting materials.
6. Screening Requirements:
a. Outdoor Storage Areas: Outdoor storage areas (except those accessory to motor vehicle sales establishments) and areas used for parking of trucks and trailers (exclusive of loading spaces) for more than seventy two (72) hours shall be screened to a minimum of six feet (6') in height along the length of the abutting SDA line. Stored materials cannot exceed the height of the screen. A screen height shall not exceed ten feet (10'). Such screening shall consist of a continuous landscaped berm, solid, commercial grade wood fence, wall or other comparable material. All fencing shall be constructed of commercial grade wood or comparable materials. The finished side of the fence or wall shall be oriented toward the abutting property. If a fence or wall is used as a screen, a five foot (5') wide planting bed with landscaping material at least three feet (3') high shall be located adjacent to the finished side of the fence or wall. (Ord. 2009-31, 7-16-2009)
In lieu of the solid fence or wall, a screen planting area of a minimum twenty feet (20') in width, containing a minimum of two (2) rows of evergreen trees, may be installed. The evergreen trees shall be at least eight feet (8') tall when planted. The rows shall be staggered, with a maximum of eight feet (8') between rows, and shall be centered within the screen planting area. The evergreen trees shall be spaced a maximum of ten feet (10') apart on center. However, the director of community development may require the trees to be spaced closer to ensure that narrower growing varieties will provide an effective screen. Should the buffer area contain a continuous berm at least three feet (3') in height, with a side slope not exceeding a ratio of three to one (3:1), the minimum height of the required evergreen trees shall be six feet (6') when planted. The final design of the screen planting area and the landscaping within it shall be subject to the approval of the director of community development. (Ord. 2009-31, 7-16-2009; amd. Ord. 2010-29, 5-20-2010)
C. For the ORI office, research and light industrial district, the following regulations shall apply:
1. Plant Materials And Design Guidelines:
a. Trees: Required trees shall have a minimum trunk size of two and one-half inches (2.5") in diameter as measured six inches (6") above the established grade.
b. Shrubs: Deciduous shrubs shall have a minimum height of eighteen inches (18") for low shrubs and a minimum height of twenty four inches (24") for tall shrubs. Evergreen shrubs shall have a minimum spread of twenty four inches (24"). All shrubs shall have a minimum ball diameter in accordance with the most recent edition of the American standards for nursery stock as sponsored and approved by the American Association Of Nurserymen and the American National Standards Institute, Inc.
c. Planting Beds: Planting beds shall be mulched with bark chips or similar materials.
d. Detention/Retention Basins And Ponds: Detention/retention basins and ponds shall have maintainable edges such as riprap and reinforced sod.
e. Watering Plant Material: Installation of an underground sprinkling system is required for all front and exterior side yards, sodded areas, planting beds and foundation planting areas.
f. Sodding: All areas located within any front yard or exterior side yard shall be sodded.
2. Minimum Landscaped Area: The minimum percentage of total landscaped area within SDAs (including all vegetation, plazas, fountains, public pedways, ornaments, ponds, and stormwater retention and detention areas, but not private sidewalks, driveways, aisles, landbanked parking spaces or parking spaces) shall be as follows:
a. For all buildings: Twenty percent (20%);
Up to fifty percent (50%) of the required landscaped area may be located on a parcel of land not within the SDA, provided that proposed covenants or easements of record reserving such parcels are submitted with landscape plans. All stormwater storage areas within an SDA shall be landscaped.
3. Minimum Landscaped Material: At least one tree and four (4) shrubs shall be provided within an SDA for each five hundred (500) square feet of required landscaped area regardless of whether parcels outside the SDA are used to satisfy the minimum landscaped area requirements.
4. Foundation Landscaping: A landscaped area extending a minimum of ten feet (10') in width shall be located around the perimeters of all buildings. The width of foundation landscaping areas may have a varying width, reduced to a minimum five feet (5') in some areas, provided that the total foundation landscaping area along the building face shall have a square footage equivalent to the area that would be required if the ten foot (10') minimum width were provided. Such landscaped areas shall be free of sidewalks and pavement, except for sidewalks to building doors, plazas, loading docks and spaces, and driveways to building doors and openings.
5. Perimeter Landscaping: Landscaping/berming an average of three feet (3') in height above adjacent street grades (except where the adjacent parking lot or loading area surfaces is 3 feet or more below street grade) shall be provided within the parking lot setback areas (except driveways therein) and areas between exterior loading docks and SDA lines (except when adjacent to railroad rights of way). Landscaping a minimum of five feet (5') in height shall be provided within the building and parking lot setback areas adjacent to residential districts. Such landscaping shall consist of berms, if feasible, shade and ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubbery, hedges and/or other live planting materials.
6. Screening Requirements; Vehicle Storage Areas: Areas used for parking of trucks and trailers (exclusive of loading spaces) for more than seventy two (72) hours shall be screened to a minimum of six feet (6') in height along the length of the abutting SDA line, and cannot exceed a height of ten feet (10'). Such screening shall consist of a continuous landscaped berm, solid, commercial grade wood fence, wall, or other comparable material. All fencing shall be constructed of commercial grade wood or comparable materials, subject to the review and approval by the village zoning officer. The finished side of the fence or wall shall be oriented toward the abutting property. If a fence or wall is used as a screen, a minimum five foot (5') wide planting bed with landscaping material at least three feet (3') high shall be located adjacent to the finished side of the fence or wall. (Ord. 2009-31, 7-16-2009)